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In cases like these, companies often try to go after the upstream project, not just operators. The law gives them lots of tools for this: the CFAA has a conspiracy provision; The DMCA has a provision against making software for circumventing copyright; Trademark law might make the name nitter or xcancel illegal; and finally even if the claims are weak the litigation itself is an enormous burden

I imagine it will be hosted in jurisdictions other than the US.

> Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Meanwhile it's OK for OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta to hack companies all willy-nilly. Mad world!

It's about risk tolerance. Some people stop when there's a hint of legal trouble. Others keep going when there's nothing more to lose.